patti ann browne. thanks. >> the middle east is falling apart. they're trying to spin what happened in libya, the truth of the matter al qaeda is alive and well and counter attacking n iraq there is doubling of al qaeda operatives in iraq since we left, 2500. iran is flying over iraqi airspace to deliver weapons to syria. syria is becoming 30,000 people dead and foreign fighters moving into syria. the iranians have quadruple ed the amount of enriched-uranium they have to build bombs as the obama administration talks to them. this whole region is about to explode. jenna: that was south carolina republican senator lindsey graham over the weekend, highlighting what he sees as a looming crisis in the middle east. the senator also comparing the president's current response to the attack on our consulate in libya with president george w. bush's handling of the war in iraq. joining me now for his take on everything that is happening in the middle east including libya is ambassador david newden. he served as our ambassador both in yemen and iraq and in b